Monthly Archive: February 2011

It wouldn’t be Monday if someone or something wasn’t there to remind you about all the shit you forgot to do over the weekend. Contests: ‘Tie or Table’ Adepticon Art Project: TastyTaste and his team mates need your artistic mojo...

[Edit: I missed one two three – Lauby] Holy cats has it been a busy week at the House of Paincakes! I’m so shocked I can’t even swear – and that’s one of our main ‘things’. Jeepers and odds bodkins!...

[Welcome to Weekly Whimsy! Forfeiting fidelity to family (for a moment) in favor of fans and far-fetched dreams.] Look into my eyes – you will see What you mean to me Search your heart – search your soul And when...

This post about pimping an event hosted by the folks at Warhammer 39,999 was originally titled “Old Stuff Day is Coming….Grab a Towel,” but even I have limits on decency….. Oh yeah, I’m supposed to be telling you about this...

We all have our ridiculous opinions about our own little piece of the wargaming hobby. It’s human nature: We develop preferences, form groups and try to reinforce them. But there’s a certain point where that becomes destructive. This peice by...

Seeing that I’ve made reference to this in my past couple of Gaming on a Budget articles, today I’m here to talk about sourcing cheap acrylic paints. I’ll demonstrate this a little later, but you probably have already realized that...

Hey everyone and welcome to our 25th Top X. Its the silver anniversary! Well, its the silver anniversary if there’s some kind of time compression. There’s a lot of good stuff in here and there’s even a bit of an...

So I had an army project of mine called ‘cheesy’ recently and was to be honest a bit offended. Of course in this particular case ‘Cheesy’ translated as ‘that would kick my arse’ which I don’t think is a bad...

You can’t see it, but at this very moment I’m rubbing my hands together – Snidely Whiplash style. Why you may ask? Surely, Lauby has nothing to celebrate after Brent and GMort foiled his plans (once again) to derail a...

Make someone quit [whatever game you’re playing] [Welcome to Weekly Whimsy! A treatise on treatment, belaboring on behavior.] “Stop, Don’t Do It….” Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Relax ————————————————————– Being cliquish, or sticking with the “good buddies network” is a great...

The evil benevolent genius behind Miniature Wargame Conversion is at it again and has managed to scrounge together a fantastic list of prizes for his newest “Pay it Forward” contest. Through the generous donations of his supporters, a few vendors,...

Tastytaste is running another sweet-ass contest over at Blood of Kittens. It involves art and a chance at fame and money. The contest is also a chance to put all those years of surfing the internet to use. So maybe...

Big ass pile of sprues from project Vendetta Today’s waste/cost reduction technique has long been a favorite of mine, because I’m going to be breaking shit. It should be readily apparent by know that in my own Howard Hughes kind...

Oops!I did say there were more Germans, didn't I?Here they are (with only a couple of teeny-tiny tanks to come - I promise) - and all labelled up for your convenience:Without going into the detailed whys and wherefores of everything, I managed to secure the following - very cheaply - in ... read more

This will be quick. Pigment wash above. Then I clean it off with warm water a little disposable foam makeup applicators :) Looks like hell now but after the jump the effect is knocked back and then even more when it's sealed...See the powders are muted now and the blood ... read more

Typically, gigantic apocalypse games allow me a significant amount of motivation to paint my miniatures. Chaosbro and I have been playing through a kill-team campaign in preparation for a fairly large Apocalypse battle, so you’d think that I’d be painting my ass off in order to get things ready to ... read more

Background. Designed during the Great Crusade to take on filthy xenos macro-engines, the Atrapos is now a very rare commodity. Really, its only the Mechanicum who deploy these, but on the odd occasion they will use them as "payment" to a Knightly household should the need arise. In 30k, they ... read more

Decals are done, arms have been epoxied, and all smaller parts are attached. The only step left is left is to put all the big parts together. I'm kinda terrified.That will happen later today, so on Monday there will pictures of a (hopefully!) complete Warlord Titan. It will still need ... read more

Battleships are the overwhelming giants of the oceans, just topped by the even mightier dreadnoughts. The Alkaios is one of the backbones of the fleet and carries destruction to the foes of the covenant. Tagged: Covenant of Antarctica, Dystopian Wars ... read more

This is the first Stormcast Eternal I have painted - I can see lot of scope for creativity with so many clean open surfaces (I did experiment with marble on the shield). Paints used: Vallejo, Reaper Master Series, Games Workshop Washes, Com Art Medea Airbrush Airbrush: Iwata Hi-Line HP-CH Airbrush Paint ... read more